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Golovanevsk

Community
Golovanevsk
Ukraine (USSR)
Jews first settled in Golovanevsk in the late 18th century. The Jews of Golovanevsk suffered from a pogrom carried out on December 18, 1917. In 1918 Chaim Ostroy organized a Jewish self-defense unit that numbered several hundred armed people. The unit successfully protected the county population from pogroms and attacks of gangs. In early August 1919 the White Army defeated the Jewish unit and Chaim Ostroy and his son Yakov were tortured and brutally murdered. About 200 Jews of Golovanevsk were murdered in a pogrom carried out on August 4, 1919.

Under the Soviets, in 1925 the Jews from Golovanevsk established the Friling [Yiddish for Spring] Jewish agricultural cooperative in the Odessa area.

Golovanevsk was occupied by German troops on July 30, 1941. The Jewish population of the village was annihilated in two major murder operations: in late September 1941, when 570 people were shot at three murder sites located next to each other, and in February 1942, when 165 Jews were shot. Other sources report the number of Jewish victims to have been 900.

The town was liberated by the Red Army on March 17, 1944.

Golovanevsk
Golovanevsk District
Odessa Region
Ukraine (USSR) (today Holovanivsk
Ukraine)
48.384;30.461
Last Name First Name Year of Birth Place of Residence Fate
Abchiker Fania Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Akselrod First name unknown Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Akselrod First name unknown Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Akselrod Polina 1879 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Anikin Vladimir 1939 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Anikina Sonya 1917 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Aptekar Aleksandr 1920 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) killed in military service
Aptekar Brukha Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Brukha 1917 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Genya 1919 Golovanivsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Aptekar Ida 1922 Golovanivsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Aptekar Iliya 1892 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Aptekar Ioske 1922 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Iosya 1902 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Isrul 1896 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Lazar 1931 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Lyusik 1937 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Mania 1925 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Misha 1938 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Misha 1928 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Molka Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Motel 1924 Golovanivsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Aptekar Nekhoma Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Shifra Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Shoyl Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Tenya Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Aptekar Tzilya 1882 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Aptekar Yankel 1912 Golovanivsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Arbaitman Sura 1899 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Arbitman Betia 1925 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Arbitman David 1881 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Arbitman Iosif 1921 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Arbitman Khana 1891 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Arbitman Lev 1923 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Arbitman Riva 1925 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Askin Lyubov 1912 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Barenboym First name unknown Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barenboym Izya Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barenboym Manya Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barenboym Moysha Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barenboym Nekhe Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barenboym Polya Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barman Ayzik Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barman David Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barman Dora 1905 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Barman Fanya Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Barman Izrail 1902 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) was registered following the evacuation to the interior of the Soviet Union
Barman Khova Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered
Belmes Boris 1912 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) killed in military service
Berezovski Khokl 1922 Golovanevsk, Ukraine (USSR) murdered